ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,879, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Maneuver coordination service in vehicular networks" was invented by Satish C. Jha (Portland, Ore.), Yaser Fouad (San Diego), Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan (Portland, Ore.), Ignacio Alvarez (Portland, Ore.) and Leonardo Gomes Baltar (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Maneuver Coordination Services (MCS) may be used in various implementations of vehicular networks. Emergency Group Maneuver Coordination (EGMC) may be used for detected unexpected safety-critical situations (USCS) on the road. EGMC provides cooperative maneuver coordination among a group of vehicl...